Super peaceful day.. its freezing and windy outside.. so we stayed inside.. working on puzzles.. .. I got some good BETA work done.

We got to check out Denises quilting gear.. so high tech !

We went  out for really tasty mexican food 

then we settled in to watch RRR for the .. 4th ? .. 5th ? .. I think its the 5th time .. this time with Steve and denise

its been really nice beeing down here. 

nite all,, nite sam
-me

We drove longer yesterday so todays drive would be shorter.. We were on route 70 most of the way. though we had some  fun smaller roads as well. We went through St. Lois

TOday we listened to a couple of things.. mostly soem christmas story form the twisted mand wonderful mind ofDavid Sedaris.. that made the trip go easier..

By early afternoon we were at Steve and Denises .. it was cold and windy.. but we still went out to play with the dogs, gotas and ducks.. 

Its great beubf here with Steve and Denise.. we havent been here for at least 3 years.. Steve is an amazing history buff.. he’s got storeis about all sides of his and dianes fmaily..  he has written books on them !

denise is an amazing quilter.. the hosue is full of her work.>.  we really enoy hangign out with them  and there dogs sopie and remus. 

here’s remus playing catch just like nova 

We had a great Chinese take out meal and slept great !!!

glad to be here !

Nite all, nite sam
-me

Another long day of driving.. I think 10 hours. .. We started with a light dusting of snow, then rain.. .. we drove through Pittsburgh, columbus and Indianapolis . .. lots of traffic.. lots of trucks.. but still it was fun.

we listened to a great audio book by Lulu Miller.. t was called “Fish dont exist:.. I dont want to to discuss the polt.. but it’s a wonderful book.. it weaves the authors life struggles with those of a historical figure who studied fish.

Cant say any more.. but I strongly recommend it. 

We got to Terra Haute about 7PM .. had a nice japanese dinener and wet to sleep in our nice hotel

More driving tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam 
-me

We left about 7am .. and took turns driving.. 

we drove about 8 and a half hours until we got to State College where our good freinds Kate and Steve live.  We met them early onn when we moved to Pittsburgh for grad school. Max was about 6 weeks old . Their son Matthew and Max have been close freinds ever since. 

It was so great seeing them

here’s a picture of Steve when he was in college !

while we were there Matthews wife Caroline called with  their two kids Anna and James. .. Anna knows us.. she saw diane and said “where’s the boy ?”

We had a great meal.. takled late.. tehn headed to bed.. 
We’ll start driving tomorrow.. 

nite all, nite sam
-me